24.3 Importing a Private/Public Key Pair

If you created a key pair that was exported from another certificate management system, you can import the key pair and then assign it to an Access Manager device. The file needs to be in PKCS12 (*.pfx) or (*.p12) format.

  1. In the Administration Console, click Certificates.

  2. Choose Actions > Import Private/Public Keypair.

  3. Fill in the following fields:

    Certificate name: The name of the certificate. This is a system-wide, unique name used by Access Manager.

    Password: Type the encryption/decryption password established when exporting the certificate.

    Certificate data file: The certificate file to import. You can browse to locate the .pfx or .p12 file.

    Certificate data text: An editable field used to enter or paste certificate data text. This is valid if your PKCS12 file is in Base64-encoded format. The first line of the data is -----BEGIN PKCS12-----.

  4. Click OK.

If you receive an error when importing the certificate, the error comes from either NICI or PKI. For a description of these error codes, see NovellĀ® Certificate Server Error Codes and Novell International Cryptographic Infrastructure. For general certificate import issues, see Section 44.2, Importing an External Certificate Key Pair.